Guess the Theme!
Of the themes below, which does the Neutrality Act of 1936 fall under? (remember documents)
1) Relationship with Latin America
2) Departure from Neutrality
3) Rise of Totalitarianism
2) Departure from Neutrality
prohibited the trade of war materials and forbade loans or credits to belligerents
What theme does the Stimson Doctrine fall under?
1) Relationship with Latin America
2) Departure from Neutrality
3) Rise of Totalitarianism
2) Departure from Neutrality
Not recognizing land acquired through invasion
What was the purpose of the Good Neighbor Policy?
Ensure good relationship with Latin America / America needed to focus on dealing with Great Depression rather than intervening in Latin America.
What was America's policy regarding to the USSR before FDR's Presidency?
Not recognize USSR for 16 years
How did America's policy of engaging in wars and other countries' affairs change during this time? (easy explanation - simple general statement)
They went from isolationist to more engaging, involving behavior.
What theme does this fall under?
"Some indeed still hold to the now somewhat obvious delusion that we of the United States can safely permit the United States to become a lone island, a lone island in a world dominated by the philosophy of force.
Such an island may be the dream of those who still talk and vote as isolationists. Such an island represents to me and to the overwhelming majority of Americans today a helpless nightmare of a people without freedom—the nightmare of a people lodged in prison, handcuffed, hungry, and fed through the bars from day to day by the contemptuous, unpitying masters of other continents."
1) Relationship with Latin America
2) Departure from Neutrality
3) Rise of Totalitarianism
2) Departure from Neutrality
What prompted the following act?
“Let us know that it is sales and shipments of munitions and contraband, and the lure of the profits in them, that will get us into another war, and that when the proper time comes and we talk about national honor, let us know that simply means the right to go on making money… that we will not ship munitions to aid combatants and that those of our citizens who ship other materials to belligerent nations must do so at their own risk and without any hope of protection from our Government. If our financiers and industrialists wish to speculate for war profits, let them be warned in advance that they are to be limited to speculation with their own capital and not with the lives of their countrymen and the fabric of their whole nation.”
1) Relationship with Latin America
2) Departure from Neutrality
3) Rise of Totalitarianism
2) Rise of Totalitarianism
What were the purpose of the Neutrality Acts?
prevent going to war after experiencing WWI
How did the relationship between America and Latin America change after the Good Neighbors policy?
America strictly interfered with Latin America's affairs and thus had a unhappy relationship between the two. However, America decided to lessen the grip because it had to focus on itself due to the Great Depression. In doing so, the Good Neighbors policy was successful.
What did the Neutrality Act of 1935 do?
The Neutrality Act of 1935 banned munitions exports (such as military weapons etc) to belligerents and restricted American travel on belligerent ships.
What theme does Rome-Berlin Axis fall under?
1) Relationship with Latin America
2) Departure from Neutrality
3) Rise of Totalitarianism
3) Rise of Totalitarinism
What theme does Nye Committee fall under?
1) Relationship with Latin America
2) Departure from Neutrality
3) Rise of Totalitarianism
2) Departure from Neutrality
was held in order to discuss why America had gone to war during WWI - concluded that the US was dragged into WWI because Americans had traded with the Allies and provided them with loans.
What is the purpose of this excerpt?
"We should follow the advice of George Washington: We should maintain friendly relations with all nations, grant special favors to none. We should remember that the Monroe Doctrine was just as emphatic against American interference in the Americas. We should not meddle in the affairs of other nations... We have no mission to impose our ideas of government on others."
-Sterling Morton's speech in August 1940
Emphasize the American tradition of nonintervention and support isolationism
What was the outcome of the Quarantine Speech? (mentioned in slides)
Based on this outcome, was the Quarantine Speech successful (in the view of FDR)?
Outcome: increased public's isolationist mood
No, it wasn't successful because the public strongly protested against the Quarantine Speech and argued for isolationism.
What led to the increase of Isolationist policies?
(hint: after what significant event?)
Great Depression
Which theme does the map (look at paper) fall under?
1) Relationship with Latin America
2) Departure from Neutrality
3) Rise of Totalitarianism
3) Rise of Totalitarianism
What theme does the comic (see paper) fall under?
1) Relationship with Latin America
2) Departure from Neutrality
3) Rise of Totalitarianism
3) Rise of Totalitarianism
Why did the FDR acknowledge the Soviet Union right away when it first emerged?
He wanted to maintain a good relationship between America and the Soviet Union; the USSR promised not to interfere in American affairs, and promised not to hurt any U.S. organization or overthrow its government by force.
After the WWI, what did the public believe that led to the creation of Nye Committee? (provide definition)
public disillusionment: believing that America went to war for costly benefits (benefitting businesses etc)
What was the POV of Roosevelt during the London Conference?
He ended up not agreeing with the conference’s agenda because he prioritized American recovery more than international improvements. Thus, the London Conference ended up as a failure, even worsening the depression due to Roosevelt’s “selfish” decision.
What is the following arguing?
"To manufacture in arsenals, factories, and shipyards under their jurisdiction, or otherwise procure, to the extent to which funds are made available therefor, or contracts are authorized from time to time by the Congress, or both, any defense article for the government of any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States."
Hint: excerpt from Lend-Lease Bill
America would send supply to allies and send arms to victims of aggression.